- Mar 30, 2014
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Hey Guys,
A friend and I are custom building an Intel build on a $500-$600 budget. It's not the best build but yeah. He shouldn't be doing any hardcore gaming just basic stuff. I have learned from reading stuff to NEVER cheap out on the PSU, and GPU as well as the PSU and Ram. I would think thar 8 GB's would be enough for him and so would an i5, rather than going overboard and going i7. The video card is a EVGA GeForce GTX 750 Ti 2 GB, which I would assume would be fine due to the fact that most games only require no more than 1 GB. What do you guys personally think. NOTE: He doesn't have $1,000 so he probably can't go with the GTX 770's or 780's. The only reason why I also added in an extra fan is because the Thermaltake Commander MS-I only has 1 in the back and plan to mount it in the front to keep the build cool.
Thanks
PCPartPicker part list: http://pcpartpicker.com/p/3sPoA
Price breakdown by merchant: http://pcpartpicker.com/p/3sPoA/by_merchant/
Benchmarks: http://pcpartpicker.com/p/3sPoA/benchmarks/
CPU: Intel Core i5-2500K 3.3GHz Quad-Core Processor ($165.27 @ TigerDirect)
Motherboard: Asus H61M-C Micro ATX LGA1155 Motherboard ($58.99 @ OutletPC)
Memory: Patriot Viper 3 8GB (1 x 8GB) DDR3-1600 Memory ($49.99 @ Newegg)
Storage: Seagate Barracuda 1TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive ($54.98 @ OutletPC)
Video Card: EVGA GeForce GTX 750 Ti 2GB Video Card ($144.99 @ Newegg)
Case: Thermaltake Commander MS-I ID ATX Mid Tower Case ($37.99 @ Micro Center)
Power Supply: Corsair CX 600W 80+ Bronze Certified Semi-Modular ATX Power Supply ($67.13 @ Amazon)
Optical Drive: Samsung SH-224DB/BEBE DVD/CD Writer ($15.98 @ OutletPC)
Case Fan: Rosewill RFA-120-BL 74.5 CFM 120mm Fan ($4.99 @ Newegg)
Total: $600.31
(Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available.)
(Generated by PCPartPicker 2014-04-16 16:45 EDT-0400)
A friend and I are custom building an Intel build on a $500-$600 budget. It's not the best build but yeah. He shouldn't be doing any hardcore gaming just basic stuff. I have learned from reading stuff to NEVER cheap out on the PSU, and GPU as well as the PSU and Ram. I would think thar 8 GB's would be enough for him and so would an i5, rather than going overboard and going i7. The video card is a EVGA GeForce GTX 750 Ti 2 GB, which I would assume would be fine due to the fact that most games only require no more than 1 GB. What do you guys personally think. NOTE: He doesn't have $1,000 so he probably can't go with the GTX 770's or 780's. The only reason why I also added in an extra fan is because the Thermaltake Commander MS-I only has 1 in the back and plan to mount it in the front to keep the build cool.
Thanks
PCPartPicker part list: http://pcpartpicker.com/p/3sPoA
Price breakdown by merchant: http://pcpartpicker.com/p/3sPoA/by_merchant/
Benchmarks: http://pcpartpicker.com/p/3sPoA/benchmarks/
CPU: Intel Core i5-2500K 3.3GHz Quad-Core Processor ($165.27 @ TigerDirect)
Motherboard: Asus H61M-C Micro ATX LGA1155 Motherboard ($58.99 @ OutletPC)
Memory: Patriot Viper 3 8GB (1 x 8GB) DDR3-1600 Memory ($49.99 @ Newegg)
Storage: Seagate Barracuda 1TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive ($54.98 @ OutletPC)
Video Card: EVGA GeForce GTX 750 Ti 2GB Video Card ($144.99 @ Newegg)
Case: Thermaltake Commander MS-I ID ATX Mid Tower Case ($37.99 @ Micro Center)
Power Supply: Corsair CX 600W 80+ Bronze Certified Semi-Modular ATX Power Supply ($67.13 @ Amazon)
Optical Drive: Samsung SH-224DB/BEBE DVD/CD Writer ($15.98 @ OutletPC)
Case Fan: Rosewill RFA-120-BL 74.5 CFM 120mm Fan ($4.99 @ Newegg)
Total: $600.31
(Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available.)
(Generated by PCPartPicker 2014-04-16 16:45 EDT-0400)
, I know that the AMD's are cheaper tho, Would my current configuration be fine.
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